Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Conservatives Against Wiretapping

Andrew Sullivan finds that not all conservatives are giving the President a pass on this issue-

Remember when conservatives believed in restraining government power, not allowing it to spend as if there were no tomorrow and to let it wiretap citizens without so much as the flimsiest of rubber-stamping court checks? It turns out there are still some conservatives willing to resist the imposition of an above-the-law executive. Digby cites several sources here. Glenn Greenwald surveys the scene here. Bill Safire is on board. Even one priest in the Bush-cult called Powerline has demurred. Cato has suggested that if the president can simply break the law when he feels like it in pursuing the war on terror, why bother with the Patriot Act at all? Or the McCain Amendment?

The best link of that bunch is this one by Glenn Greenwald:
Breaking the Daou Cycle: Conservative opposition to Bush's law-breaking

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